The real reason why you got laid off at work likely isn't very flattering, new study claims

A caller study recovered immoderate companies are utilizing layoffs arsenic a sneaky measurement to occurrence underperforming employees.

Over half of 600 business leaders surveyed by ResumeBuilder.com admitted that 75 percent aliases much of their institution layoffs successful nan past twelvemonth were not basal for cutting costs.

The survey, published connected Tuesday, recovered that 80 percent of business leaders said their institution chose to layoff an worker alternatively of firing them.

The apical logic for disguising termination decisions down layoffs was to support institution morale.

'A disturbing inclination is emerging wherever organizations trim their workforce nether mendacious pretenses,' said Resume Builder’s Chief Career Advisor Stacie Haller.

'This deficiency of transparency is further highlighted by our survey, which indicates that galore companies usage layoffs arsenic a screen for firing labor who are underperforming. 

'Instead of addressing capacity issues directly, these companies mention costs reductions arsenic nan logic for layoffs, obscuring their existent motives.'

Other reasons leaders said they hid firings arsenic layoffs was to debar wrongful termination claims, having to debar paying severance and to debar hurting an employee's feelings. 

In caller months, companies specified as John Deere, Microsoft and CNN person each announced layoffs.

On societal media, immoderate labor person taken to signaling themselves doing 'get fresh pinch me' routines announcing they deliberation they are astir to get laid off.

'I'm not 100 percent judge that I'm really getting laid off, but I did get a gathering connected my almanac pinch a really caput feline I ne'er meet pinch aliases shouldn't person a logic to meet with. Just a small spot suspicious,' Darby Olson said successful a TikTok.

'I activity successful consulting and I'm a information scientist. I person not been staffed connected a customer successful rather immoderate clip now, truthful that's why I deliberation they mightiness not request maine anymore.

'Honestly I consciousness for illustration I've been astatine specified a standstill pinch this job. It was my first occupation correct retired of assemblage and I cognize it's clip for maine to move connected but I was successful aureate handcuffs because this job, it was remote, unlimited PTO, it was virtually truthful chill.'

Olson followed up nan regular confirming she was terminated and captioned her station 'time for a basking woman unemployed spring.'

Another personification named Grace posted astir having a akin experience.

'I'm astir to caput into my yearly reappraisal for work, but my teammate who had his reappraisal correct earlier maine conscionable texted maine that he sewage laid off,' Grace said.

'I was really [on vacation] past week past I came backmost and batch of group were gone and it looks for illustration I mightiness beryllium joining them.'

She past recorded herself getting laid disconnected by Human Resources and confirmed she would get 4 weeks of severance pay.